Safety-razor.



F. SCHLATTAU.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLfcAUoN min 1AN.4.19|6.

1 ,2 1 0,2 l 6. V Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

@Mum/Lto@ l vertical longitndiini-l sectional view and transversely thereof` PATENT FFICE.

SGHLATTAU, OF LS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

Speciilcatien or Letters Pa tent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

Appltcntlon itled Jennery 4 1916. Serial No. 70,191.

.To all `who/my it may @omero s Be it known that I, llninif. Ficlnnfrixxu, :i citizen of the United States, residing at .lion Angeles, in the county oi' Los Angeles and State ofi" California, have invented certain new and useful In'iproi'fenients in Safety- Rnzors, of which the following` is a speeification.

This invention relates to sa l'ety razors and has as its object to provide au article ol' this. class so constructed. that the saine )nay he employed in the Same :nunner ns the ordinary safety razor; that to soy. with the blndo presented at right :ing-Ico to the handle und muy `also he employed in mhsinntiaily iin :enne manner as the ordinary razor.

Another nini o? the invention i.; to provide a no\el construction oi' head and cap plate in a. razor of this type adapting' the saine for use with thin douhlefiedged llexihle hindern the construction being noch than. the blade will beflcxed 11o-the desired curve and conse qnently held in adjusted ponition.

Another :lim of the invention is to provide n novel ineens for the assemblage and cennection oi the cop plete with ythe hond of the razor, which inf-.ans will serve to delinite-ly position the ea i plato withreletion to the head and to the lvlade eonlincd between the two.

In the accompanying drawings'. Figure i.- is a perspective view oi" the raz-or embodying the present invention, the handle heinel shown in full lines in one. 'position in which it rnny razor and in dotted lines in another position in which it may he asnernhled. Fig. 2 is a th rough handle heiner shown in elevn tion. Fig. 3 is a vertical `trnnsverse sectional view theretlnongh. Fig. =l is a hottom plan view of the hlnde holdingI heed and cap plate assembled. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the cap plate removeda In the accompanying drawings the hend of the razor is indicated in general hy the numeral 1. und comprises n hody which is approximately rectangular in general outline and is provided with u com-'cx upper 'tace the razor, the

indicnted hy' the numeral 2, the noir! face liccurved continuously hetween the lonnitndinal edges ol thc Said body. ln its under fafce the bodyl ,l is 'formed with o threznlerl socket indicated by the numeral ifi into which ing be zlssemliled with the head oi' the 1;-5 ren'iornhty iitted the threaded end *fl ot the handle oi.' the razor which is indicated hy the innneral 5 and which muy he ol any suitable length and form. The longitudinal edges of the body l are provided with teeth indicated hy the numeral (.3 ne is customary in razors of this type but the razor embodying the pres- Vent inven tion diilers from the ordinary razor in the respect thntI the end teeth of eaeh series nre 'foi-ined relatively wide and these teeth. which are indicated by the numeral 7, nl. their hase are provided each with n shoulder ii'nlii-alml hy the numeral 8, the purpose of which will he preeently explained, although it may he stated all thifi point that the endy ol' the head l between the said shoulders S are arcuate and beveled ns indicated in' the numeral 9. the hrvels lining inclined in the direi-tion of the convex foce 2 of the seid heed. Also tor a purpose. to he presentiy explained, the head l is formed in its Linder side :it one end with a seat which is indicated by the nnmernl 1G and which opens at the end edge extends iu\\.'ardly a. short said edge. y

The en p plate of the razor is indicated in general by the nnnicrnl 1l and is preferably, although not necessarily, provided with a distance from the convex upper surface. The' under `surface oi the cap plete, however, is concave between the lateral edges thereof, as indicated at l2, the curvature corresporiding,r to the curvature of the convexfnee 2 of the head l.

'the holly l is provided nt each end with n trnneversc flange which projects from the concave aide 1i'. of the body and the flange in, one und of the said hody is indicated by the numeral lil and that :it the other end by the umm-,ral 14. Cach flange is beveled ond transversely curved upon itel inner vlac'e as indicated at 15 so that when the cup plate is asseinhled'with the head 1, the inner faces of the sind ilnngres will rest snug against the heveled end edges l) of the head 1. The flange 13 ia lformed with an inwardly pro. jeeting lng 1G which is designed to engage within the sont l0 when the cnp xshssemhlcfl with the head 1 in the manner clearly `nhowu iu Figs. 2 und `'l'ol the drawings, and the engagement. of thial lug: within the s eat serves to seem-ely connect the corresponding ende of the hend and reap plate in assembled relation. In order that the opposite end s `of the naid head and cap plate muy be simiof the Said bodynnd larl connected the under face of the body 1 o the head of the razor is formed with a recess 17 and a slot 18 which communicates therewith and within plie' recess there is ar-` Yment in the seat 21 formed in the face 15 of the flange 14. It will now be apparent that the cap plate may be readily assembled with the head by first engaging its end at which the flange .13 is located with the end of the head 1 in which the seat 10 is `formed so that the lug 16 will rest within the said seat and that the latch plate 19 may then be shifted so as to securely lock to ether in assembled elation the other end o the said head and cap plate.

The blade of the razor is indicated by the numeral 22 and may be of any of the ordinary thin flexible types now in use and provided preferably with two shaving edges and as will be observed by reference to Figs 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, .theblade is disposed between the convex face 2 of the head 1 and the concave face 12 of the cap plate 11 and the said cap plate is pressed into env gageinent with the said head so as to flex the blade and bring the shaving edges thereof in proper relation with respect to the teeth 6. In order that the blade 22 maybe held in proper position the same is formed with openings 23 andathe cap plate 11 is formed" upon its concave face with studs 24 which project through the said openin s and into sockets 25 in the convex face 2 othe head 1 in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. It is to be noted at this point that when the cap plate is assembled with the head the ends of the flanges 13 and 14 of the cap plate will seat between the shoulders 8 at the corresponding ends of the head 1 and by reason of. such engagement of the parts the two members are held against relative displacement.

In order that the razor may be employed in substantiallyA the same manner as the ordinary razor andthat either edge of the blade may be used in` shaving, each of the flanges 13 and 14 is formed with a threaded socket 26 to receive Vthe threaded end 4 of the handle' of the razor, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

In order that the latch 19 may be projected into engaging position under normal conditions, a spring 19 is preferably arranged within the recess 17 and bears aga-mst the inner end of the said latch;

It will be understood, ofcourse, that while a particular form of handle is illustrated in 'the drawings, a handle of any other desired form may be employed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a razor of the class described, a head having its upper side transversely convex, the ends of the said head being arcuate and beveled in the direction of the upper face of the head, a cap plate disposed upon the upper face of the head and having its underside concave to conform to the convexity of the said face of the head the cap plate being provided at each en with a flange pro]ecting from the underside vthereof, the innerl face of each flange being arcuate to conform to the corresponding end of the head, the said face of each fiange being further beveled in the direction ofits lower edge to snugly fit the bevel of the 'corresponding end of the head whereby the .head is adapted to lrave wedging reception 2. In a. razor of the class described, a

head having beveled ends and provided in its under face at one end with a seat, a slidable latch member arranged at the other end of the head and having a portion projecting beyond the beveled edge thereof, a

cap plate disposed upon the upper surface of the head and having beveled flanges fitting the said beveled end edges of the head, the flange at one ,end of the cap plate being provided with `a lug engaging in the said l' FRANK SCHLATTA. [1.. s.] 

